Solved Support Extensions
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I have read that the following browsers on Android support this: Yandex, Firefox, Yumian, Kiwi, and Lemur Browser. They might provide valuable information on how to implement this.
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If it is possible to implement both Chrome and Firefox extensions, that would be ideal since it would provide more options as not all extensions will work on mobile. That would be a good feature to add on the Desktop client, for that matter, if indeed possible or not achievable with a simple workaround.
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@rzjnzk But extensions are not supported in Vivaldi Android, not even in the future, so further such comments are pointless. That's it. Such questions have already been asked too often.
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@rzjnzk Time only knows. We have to see if microsoft will make the extension support available to chromium source (but I suspect no) or even if will be promoted to beta/stable stage at all (currently is on alpha/nightly and is behind an experimental flag).
In short, more chromium vendors implements the(ir own) support, more is likely to see an android extension support to the upstream. But not guarantees if this doesn't land on regular chromium/chrome. -
Interesting news about extensions in the Edge Browser for Android. This is a German article, use the Vivaldi translator if necessary.
https://www.drwindows.de/news/microsoft-edge-test-von-erweiterungen-unter-android-wird-ausgeweitet
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@stardepp, the question is which Backdoors leaves EDGE open, with so much DIY and pre-select extensions. I think I prefer to make use of the good number of apps available in F-Droid for security and privacy, which more than make up for the lack of browser extensions, apart from that Vivaldi already has a built-in ad/trackerblocker.
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@Catweazle Only browser extensions (like Violentmonkey and Stylus) allow you to improve websites, not apps.
Therefore I've been using Kiwi for years. -
@jesus2099, depends of what you mean with improving websites
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@Catweazle
When possible, adding useful features, bug workarounds, etc. without waiting for devs.The raison d'être of userscripts.
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@Catweazle said in Support Extensions:
the question is which Backdoors leaves EDGE open, with so much DIY and pre-select extensions. I think I prefer to make use of the good number of apps available in F-Droid for security and privacy, which more than make up for the lack of browser extensions, apart from that Vivaldi already has a built-in ad/trackerblocker.
Firefox for Android already uses extensions. And guess what: the sky didn't fall in on it. But I'm sure the god of browsers will punish them for this audacity! How dare they!
Honestly, what user wants to use a modern browser that makes him more productive and the work with the browser meets his/her needs?! Nonsense. For example: I don't need my phone's browser to read me the news when I've locked my phone and when I have locked my phone and am listening to the news on my headphones, nor to summarize a text/article for me. This is also the nonsense of spoiled consumers!
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@ivan-a-petkov actually nothing is written in the stone. I recall also the native adblocker was tagged as WILLNOTDO years ago
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Any news on this? I'm waiting for it to switch from Firefox to Vivaldi on my phone...
uBlock Origin is really useful, is there any feature on mobile Vivaldi that could do something similar? (content blocker so browser don't load in page ads and the likes)
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We should request Extensions support for Android at Chromium feedback